Curtain stretcher tool



July 2, 1935. M. R. YARGER CURTAIN STRETCHER TOOL Filed Aug. l, 1934 ATTO R N EY WITNESS:

- Platted July 2, 1935 l 2,007,067

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CURTAIN STRETCHER TOOL Milton R. Yarger, Morgantown, W. Va., assignor oi' thirty per cent to William L. Randolph, Morgantown, W. Va.

Application August 1, 1934, Serial No. 738,008

1 Claim. (Cl. 813) 'I'he invention relates to a tool and more esperespectively, and said disk 9 has formed therecially to a curtain stretcher tool. from a central tubular axle sleeve I0, the disks The primary object of the invention is the probeing preferably made from sheet aluminum. vision of a tool of this character wherein by the Located between the disks 8 and 9 is a circular use of a soft rubber tread rolling element, the soft sponge rubber body Il which is centrally 5 article to be stretched upon the stretcher can be perforated, at l2, to receive the sleeve i0 and easily and conveniently engaged with the nails such body Il is adapted to be compressed by the of such stretcher, so as to avoid injury to a perdisks to vary the width thereof, the outer periphson when applying the work to the stretcher, by ery of said body Il being rounded, at I3, and the pricking of the fingers in the effort to fasten constituting a penetrating tread to the roller. 10 the piece of work to the nails. Passed through the sleeve l0 and engaged in the Another object of the invention is the provision side limbs 1 of the fork 6 is an axle I4, one end of a tool of this character, wherein the soft or being formed with a head I5 and the other end sponge rubber element is supported and adjustcarrying a nut I6 threaded thereon, so that the ably held in a novel manner so that roller acsaid axle can be made secure in the fork. 15 tion can be had thereof in the use of the tool for Threaded on the sleeve I0 is a winged nut I1 the purpose of the fastening of a curtain or which plays against a loose washer I8 between it other piece of work to the nails of a curtain and the disk 9, and the purpose of this nut is to stretcher. adjust the body Il to vary the width thereof, the A further object of Athe invention is the prosleeve i0 being of a length greater than the body 20 vision of a tool of this character which is simple Il and the disks 8 and 9 applied to opposite sides in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient thereof, so that there will be no possibility of in its purpose, readily and easily handled, strong, the limb 1 next to the nut l1 interfering with the durable, and inexpensive to manufacture. said nut in the rotation of the roller when the With these and other objects in view, the intool is in use, because the said sleeve l0 main- 25 vention consists in the features of construction, tains the roller at that side of the nut l'l sufiicombination and arrangement of parts as will be ciently spaced from the limb 'I next to the nut for hereinafter more fully described in detail, illusthe free rotation of the roller. trated in the accompanying drawing, which dis- In the use of the tool, the work or article to be closes the preferred embodiment of the invention, stretched, as indicated at C, is placed to con- 30 and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended. front the nails B on the rail A of the stretcher In the accompanying drawing: and thereafter the roller is brought into contact Figure 1 is a fragmentary edge elevation of to force the work or article C onto the nails B one carrying rail of a curtain stretcher, showing and in this action these nails will successively the application of the tool constructed in acpenetrate the rubber body il; so that the article 35 cordance with the invention and the same being or work can be made secure tothe nails for the in side elevation. stretching of such work or article. This tool in Figure 2 is a top plan view. its use eliminates the necessity of forcing the Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view. work or article to be stretched onto the nails by Similar reference characters indicate correhand, which results in the pricking of the ngers 40 sponding parts throughout the several views in or other injury thereto. the drawing. What is claimed is:

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates A tool of the character described comprising a portion of a rail of a curtain stretcher and B a sponge rubber circular-shaped body, disks at the nails or pins carried thereby for the fastenopposite sides thereof, a sleeve formed centrally 45 i118 0f a Curtain 0r piece of work to be stretched with one of said disks and loosely receiving the in the use of the curtain stretcher, a piece of other disk at the center of the same, a handle work being indicated at C. having a fork receiving the disks and body, an The tool comprises a handle 5 Carrying a fork axle carried by the fork and received by the 0 having the Side limbs l in spaced parallel relasleeve, and means adjustable on the sleeve to op- 50 tiOn t0 each Other. Between the limbs 'I is 10- @rate upon one 0f the disks for compressing the cated a roller which will be hereinafter fully derubber body to vary the width thereof, scribed.

The roller comprises a. pair of disks l and l, MILTON R, YARJGER, 

